Linköping University (LiU; ) is a

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based in

Linköping Linköping ( , ) is a city in southern Sweden, with around 167,000 inhabitants as of 2024. It is the seat of Linköping Municipality and the capital of Östergötland County. Linköping is also the episcopal see of the Diocese of Linköping (Chu ...

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. Originally established in 1969, it was granted full university status in 1975 and is one of Sweden's largest academic institutions. The university has four campuses across three cities: Campus Valla and Campus US in

, Campus Norrköping in

Norrköping Norrköping ( , ) is a city in the province of Östergötland in eastern Sweden and the seat of Norrköping Municipality, Östergötland County, about 160 km southwest of the national capital Stockholm, 40 km east of county seat Lin ...

and Campus Lidingö in

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. It is organized into four faculties: Arts and Sciences; Medicine and Health Sciences; Science and Engineering (also referred to as the

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); and Educational Sciences. To facilitate interdisciplinary work, there are 12 large departments combining knowledge from several disciplines and often belonging under more than one faculty. In 2021 the university had 35,900 students and 4,300 employees. Linköping University emphasizes dialogue with the surrounding business sphere and the community at large, both in terms of research and education. It is a founding member of the Conceive Design Implement Operate (CDIO) Initiative, as well as a member of the European Consortium of Innovative Universities (ECIU), the

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(EUA), the European Society for Engineering Education (SEFI) and NORDTEK. Campus-Norrkoping-maj-kakenhus

History

The origins of Linköping University date back to the 1960s. In 1965, The Swedish National Legislative Assembly (Riksdag) decided to locate some programmes within the fields of technology and medicine to Linköping. A branch of

Stockholm University Stockholm University (SU) () is a public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, social ...

was placed in Linköping in 1967, offering education within

humanities Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture, including Philosophy, certain fundamental questions asked by humans. During the Renaissance, the term "humanities" referred to the study of classical literature a ...

social sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

and

natural sciences Natural science or empirical science is one of the branches of science concerned with the description, understanding and prediction of natural phenomena, based on empirical evidence from observation and experimentation. Mechanisms such as peer ...

. Two years later in 1969, a unit for medical training and the

were established, marking the founding of the university. In 1970 all activities were brought together in three faculties within the Linköping University College: the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, the Faculty of Medicine and the Institute of Technology. Linköping University College was granted full university status in 1975 and renamed Linköping University. In 1977 the teacher training colleges in

and

were transferred to Linköping University. The Faculty of Health Sciences was formed in 1986 based on the faculty of medicine and regional funded education in health care professions. In 1997 a campus was opened in the neighbouring city of Norrköping. The renowned Carl Malmsten School of Furniture — officially Malmstens Linköping University (MLU), and most often referred to as Malmstens — has been part of Linköping University since 2000; after almost 60 years at the city centre, in 2009 Malmstens moved into new premises on the outskirts of Stockholm.

Campuses

Education and research are conducted at three campuses in the cities of Linköping and Norrköping — ''Campus Valla'', ''Campus US'' and ''Campus Norrköping'' — situated approximately 200 and 160 kilometers southwest of Stockholm, respectively. The Campus Bus (free of charge for students) connects the three campuses in Linköping and Norrköping. A fourth campus, ''Campus Lidingö'', is located in Lidingö, an island in the inner

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Campus Valla

Campus Valla, three kilometers from the city centre of Linköping, is the university's largest campus and where the majority of students and researchers study and work. Campus Valla is sandwiched between Linköping Science Park and Linköping Golf Course to the west, and Valla Wood — a 200 acres large nature reserve — to the east. Campus Valla also houses several government research institutes, such as the

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(FOI) and the

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(VTI). File:Campus valla from sky.jpg, Aerial view of Campus Valla. The edges of ''Linköping Golf Course'' and ''Linköping Science Park'' is on the right. File:Studenthuset LiU outside.jpg, ''Studenthuset'' on Campus Valla opened in 2019. Houses the library, student services and many study areas. File:Studenthuset LiU inside.jpg, Study areas inside Studenthuset on Campus Valla. File:Studenthuset-corson.jpg, The southern part of Campus Valla. Left: Studenthuset and Key Building; right: B, D and Zenit Buildings. File:Corson aerial.jpg, Aerial view of the ''Corso'' (the main walkway) on Campus Valla. File:Campus-Valla-hT2022.jpg, The ''Corso'' outside ''B Building'' on Campus Valla, with one of the self-driving campus minibuses in the back. File:Key new corson.jpg, ''Key Building'' on Campus Valla. The main building for the Faculty of Educational Sciences. File:Karallen-LiU.jpg, Student union building ''Kårallen'' on Campus Valla. Campus-Valla-hT2022-3000-crop

File:Permamens liu.jpg, ''University Park'' on Campus Valla with an exhibit of ''Permanens'', the permanent art exhibition in the park. Parken liu campus valla

File:Stadion vallastaden.jpg, The sports stadium on Campus Valla. ''Campushallen'' — housing indoor sports facilities — is on the left. File:Campusbuss-Valla.jpg, The ''Campus Bus'' at Campus Valla (connects Campus Valla, Campus US and Campus Norrköping). File:Valla wood.jpg, Hiking and running trail in the nature reserve '' Valla Wood'' next to Campus Valla. Walk the talk Keyhuset

left, Studenthuset on Campus Valla opened in 2019. It contains the library, student services and many study areas. The main walkway ("Corson") seen from the Key Building on Campus Valla. The main walkway on Campus Valla. Kåkenhus building on Campus Norrköping at night. A retired Cray X-MP/416 supercomputer was first used as a bench, but now sits in the foyer of the B building on Campus Valla.

Campus US

Campus US (the University Hospital campus) in Linköping houses the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. Campus US is located next to

Linköping University Hospital Linköping University Hospital (; abbreviated ''US'' in Sweden) is a university hospital in Linköping, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Nort ...

and Linköping City Park (''The Garden Society'', ), and only a few hundred meters from the city centre. File:Atrium of Building 511, Linköping University.jpg, The atrium of ''Building 511'' on Campus US. File:2-campus-us-huset-511.jpg, ''Building 511'' on Campus US. File:Deans office campus US.png, Dean's Office, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences on Campus US. File:Entrance 65 liu.png, Entrance 65 on Campus US — the entrance to the Medical Library. File:Gamla länslasarettet Clinicum.jpg, The ''Old Hospital'' on Campus US. Houses ''Clinicum'', the clinical skills and simulation centre. File:Örat2 liu beskuren2.png, ''Örat'' on Campus US, the student union building for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences. File:Framtidens-US-1-1.jpg, Main entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US (north entrance). File:Framtidens-US-akut.jpg, ER entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US (west entrance). File:US-sodra entren.jpg, South entrance of ''Linköping University Hospital'' on Campus US, with the city centre in the background. File:Tinnerbäckshuset Campus US.jpg, ''Tinnerbäckshuset'' on Campus US. Houses the psychiatric clinic. File:Linköping park LiU.jpg, Aerial view of ''Linköping City Park'' with the edge of Campus US and ''Linköping University Hospital'' on the top. Campus-US-ingang-65

Campus Norrköping

Campus Norrköping is a city campus in central

, 40 kilometers northeast of Linköping. Approximately one-fourth of the students are enrolled here. The campus is located in the historical ''Industrilandskapet'' district, with campus buildings on both sides of the river

Motala ström Motala ström is the river system that drains lake Vättern, the second largest lake in Sweden, into the Baltic Sea in Norrköping. It is named from the city Motala Motala () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Motala Municipal ...

connected by ''Campusbron'', a footbridge. Image:Campus-Norrkoping-2017-LiU.jpg, The west wing of ''Kåkenhus'' building on Campus Norrköping. Houses student services, the ''Laboratory of Organic Electronics'' and ''Clinicum''. File:Norrkoping-campus-east.jpg, The east wing of ''Kåkenhus'' building on Campus Norrköping. Houses the campus library and the student union ''Trappan''. File:Visualiseringscenter-exterior2.jpg, ''Visualiseringscenter C'' on Campus Norrköping. Houses ''C-Research''. File:Kopparhammaren river.jpg, ''Kopparhammaren'' building and ''Motala Ström'' on Campus Norrköping. Houses the ''Institute for Analytical Sociology'' (IAS). File:Footbridge norrkoping liu.jpg, ''Campusbron'', the footbridge over

on Campus Norrköping connecting Visualiseringscenter C, Kopparhammaren (left) and Kåkenhus (right). File:Täppan liu.png, ''Täppan'' building on Campus Norrköping. File:Spetsen.png, ''Spetsen'' building on Campus Norrköping. File:Footbridge kakenhus.jpg, View from the elevated footbridge connecting Kåkenhus (right), Täppan (left) and Spetsen (left/middle) on Campus Norrköping. Footbridge2 liu

Campus Lidingö

Campus Lidingö houses the Carl Malmsten School of Furniture (''Malmstens Linköping University''), which has been part of Linköping University since 2000. After almost 60 years at the city centre, in 2009 the school moved into new premises in

Lidingö Lidingö (), also known in its definite form Lidingön and as Lidingölandet, is an island in the inner Stockholm archipelago, northeast of Stockholm, Sweden. In 2023, the population of the Lidingö urban area on the island was 48,162. It is the ...

, on the outskirts of Stockholm. Image:C Malmsten school front 2.jpg, ''Carl Malmsten building'' on Campus Lidingö, main entrance. File:Malmstensskolan Lidingö back.jpg, ''Carl Malmsten building'' on Campus Lidingö.

Organization and administration

Faculties

Linköping University is organized into four faculties: # Faculty of Arts and Sciences () # Faculty of Science and Engineering (also referred to as the

) () # Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences () and

# Faculty of Educational Sciences ()

Departments

There are 12 large departments — in turn organized in divisions (not listed below) — intersecting several disciplines and often belonging under more than one faculty: * Department of Behavioural Sciences and Learning * Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences * Department of Biomedical Engineering * Department of Computer and Information Science * Department of Culture and Society * Department of Electrical Engineering * Department of Health, Medicine and Caring Sciences * Department of Management and Engineering * Department of Mathematics * Department of Physics, Chemistry and Biology * Department of Science and Technology * Department of Thematic Studies

Studies Units, Institutes, Centres

Thematic units cover broad, multidisciplinary fields. Institutes focus on narrower research areas. * Institute for Analytical Sociology * Didacticum LiU * Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization (CMIV) * National Supercomputer Centre in Sweden

Student organizations

Several student unions and

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exist at the university. Membership in a union or nation is voluntary.

Unions

Students are organized into different unions (and union sections) based on their field of study. There are three student unions charged with monitoring education at Linköping University: * ''Consensus'': Student union for the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, organized into 9 sections * ''LinTek'': Student union for the Faculty of Science and Engineering, organized into 15 sections * ''StuFF'': Student union for the Faculty of Arts and Sciences and the Faculty of Educational Sciences, organized into 19 sections

Nations

There are three active student nations at the university: * Wermlands nation * Västgöta nation * Vargtass - Norrlands nation

Academics

Education

Linköping University offers education at the basic and advanced levels via 120 study programmes, 550 single-subject courses and specialised as well as interdisciplinary

postgraduate Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachelor' ...

studies. A large number of the degree programmes lead to qualified

professional degree A professional degree, formerly known in the US as a first professional degree, is a degree that prepares someone to work in a particular profession, practice, or industry sector often meeting the academic requirements for licensure or accreditatio ...

s in fields such as

medicine Medicine is the science and Praxis (process), practice of caring for patients, managing the Medical diagnosis, diagnosis, prognosis, Preventive medicine, prevention, therapy, treatment, Palliative care, palliation of their injury or disease, ...

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for ...

and

economics Economics () is a behavioral science that studies the Production (economics), production, distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics), consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...

teacher education Teacher education or teacher training refers to programs, policies, procedures, and provision designed to equip (prospective) teachers with the knowledge, attitude (psychology), attitudes, behaviors, approaches, methodologies and skills they requir ...

and

engineering Engineering is the practice of using natural science, mathematics, and the engineering design process to Problem solving#Engineering, solve problems within technology, increase efficiency and productivity, and improve Systems engineering, s ...

. Many of the programmes are

interdisciplinary Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several fields such as sociology, anthropology, psychology, economi ...

, combining for example

industrial management In economics, industrial organization is a field that builds on the theory of the firm by examining the structure of (and, therefore, the boundaries between) firms and markets. Industrial organization adds real-world complications to the perf ...

and engineering, medicine and engineering, or integrating economics,

law Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the ar ...

and languages. In 1986 the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences became the first faculty in Sweden to put

problem-based learning Problem-based learning (PBL) is a teaching method in which students learn about a subject through the experience of solving an open-ended problem found in trigger material. The PBL process does not focus on problem solving with a defined solution ...

into practice within medical training and health-care programmes. In 2000, the

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in collaboration with three Swedish universities — Linköping University,

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and the

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— formally founded the Conceive Design Implement Operate (CDIO) Initiative, a framework for engineering education. CDIO developed into an international collaboration, with universities around the world adopting the same framework. In 2007, the Medical Programme and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Control systems were recognized as Centres of Excellence in Higher Education by the

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. Linköping University was awarded two out of eight Centres of Excellence recognized at Swedish universities, with the recognition based on a thorough quality assessment by a panel of experts.

Research

Linköping University pursues research and postgraduate studies within the fields of

technology Technology is the application of Conceptual model, conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way. The word ''technology'' can also mean the products resulting from such efforts, including both tangible too ...

, and

, natural, educational,

social Social organisms, including human(s), live collectively in interacting populations. This interaction is considered social whether they are aware of it or not, and whether the exchange is voluntary or not. Etymology The word "social" derives fro ...

and

behavioural sciences Behavioural science is the branch of science concerned with human behaviour.Hallsworth, M. (2023). A manifesto for applying behavioural science. ''Nature Human Behaviour'', ''7''(3), 310-322. While the term can technically be applied to the st ...

. It is particularly noted for its openness to

multidisciplinary An academic discipline or academic field is a subdivision of knowledge that is taught and researched at the college or university level. Disciplines are defined (in part) and recognized by the academic journals in which research is published, ...

research and, in 1980, was the first Swedish university to introduce

thematic research at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, and a cross-subject, interdisciplinary perspective in

graduate school Postgraduate education, graduate education, or graduate school consists of academic or professional degrees, certificates, diplomas, or other qualifications usually pursued by post-secondary students who have earned an undergraduate (bachel ...

s for PhD students. Linköping University receives research grants from the Swedish government within five strategic research areas: IT and mobile communication, materials science, security and emergency management, e-Science and transport research.

Research centres

* Control, Autonomy, and Decision-making in Complex Systems (Linnaeus Centre CADICS) * Gender Excellence (GEXcel), The Swedish Research Council Centre of * Hearing and Deafness (Linnaeus Centre HEAD), Research on * The National Supercomputer Centre, a provider of national supercomputing resources * Novel Functional Materials (Linnécentrum LiLI-NFM), Linköping Linnaeus Initiative for * Organic Bioelektronics (OBOE), Strategic Research Centre for * Norrköping Visualization Center C, in cooperation with the City of Norrköping and Norrköping Science Park and Interactive Institute. The Dome Theatre, constructed in 2009, is the most technically advanced dome in northern Europe. * The Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology (KMC). A National Research Center for Traumatology assigned by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. For a complete list of centres, se
Organisation
Image:Ångströmhuset-2021.jpg, ''Ångströmhuset'' on Campus Valla is a laboratory housing ''Arwen'', one of the world's sharpest transmission electron microscopes. The Dome in Visualiseringscenter C. The supercomputer Berzelius at the National Supercomputer Centre (NSC), Sweden's fastest supercomputer.File:Berzelius supercomputer.jpg, Sweden's fastest supercomputer ''Berzelius'' — specialized for AI — at Linköping University's National Supercomputer Centre (NSC) on Campus Valla. File:WASP-Gränsö-2019.jpg, Autonomous aerial and surface drone rescue exercise using AI within ''WASP'', Sweden's largest research program ever, hosted by Linköping University. File:Linkoping katastrofmedicinsktcenter.jpg, The ''Center for Disaster Medicine and Traumatology'' (KMC) on Campus Valla. File:CMIV+Research+school+seminar+Wranne.jpg, Research school seminar at the ''Center for Medical Image Science and Visualization'' (CMIV) on Campus US. File:Visualiseringscenter-1440x960.jpg, The Dome Theatre in ''Visualiseringscenter C'' on Campus Norrköping, as of 2019 the world's best dome for 3D image quality. File:Elektromagnetisk-styrning-av-vingklaffar-2021.jpg, The ''Iron Bird'' on Campus Valla, used for aeronautical engineering research, such as fighter jets. Donated by Linköping University's strategic partner

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Rankings

Linköping University has an emphasis on engineering and technology, and in the 2022 ''ARWU'' ranking it places in the top 100 in the following engineering subjects: Telecommunication Engineering 51–75, Electrical & Electronic Engineering 76–100, Materials Science & Engineering 76–100, Nanoscience & Nanotechnology 76–100 and Energy Science & Engineering 76–100. In the 2022 ''THE'' ranking, Linköping University places in the top 125 in the following broad categories: Engineering & Technology 101–125, Business & Economics 101–125 and Psychology 101–125. In addition, it places in the top 200 in: Computer Science 151–175 and Social Sciences 176–200.

places 192 in

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's 2025 ''World's Best Hospitals'' ranking. In the

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ranking of the world's supercomputers, as of June 2022, Sweden's two fastest supercomputers are at Linköping University's National Supercomputer Centre: # ''Berzelius'' in place 102 (specialized for machine learning and artificial intelligence) # ''Tetralith'' in place 183

Science parks and business incubator

Two

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s — ''Linköping Science Park'' and ''Norrköping Science Park'' — are closely connected to Linköping University. The university's business incubator LEAD is also housed in these parks.

LEAD - business incubator

LEAD (acronym for ''LiU Entrepreneurship and Development'') is Linköping University's business incubator. In 2023, LEAD was selected as a Sweden's incubator in

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's Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA). The CEO of LEAD (currently Catharina Sandberg) was selected as a member of the Council for Defence Innovation (Swedish: Försvarsinnovationsrådet), launched by the Swedish Ministry of Defence in 2024, with the Minister for Defence serving as its chairman (currently Pål Jonson).

Linköping Science Park

Linköping Science Park is a multi-site science park, with four sites throughout Linköping and the surrounding region. As of 2023, Linköping Science Park hosts approximately 600 companies, from start-ups to multinationals, with a total of 14,000 employees. The largest residents are

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, IFS,

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, Sectra, Combitech, Releasy and CGI Group. Major multinationals such as

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and Beyond Gravity are also represented. Linköping Science Park's four sites are: # ''Mjärdevi'' is the first and main site, located next to Campus Valla (Linköping University's main campus), Linköping Golf Club and

Malmen Airbase Malmen Airbase () is a military airbase located in Malmslätt, Linköping Municipality, Östergötland County, Sweden. It is located west of Linköping. The base was opened by Carl Cederström in 1912. In the beginning the airbase had only ...

. Mjärdevi is the main site for Linköping University's business incubator LEAD. # ''Ebbepark'', with game development, medtech and visualization among represented industries. # ''Cavok District'' is a new and developing site, focusing on aviation, space and advanced materials. Cavok District adjoins Linköping City Airport and Linköping University's strategic partner

's main office, as well as its main site for development and manufacturing, including the development and manufacturing of fighter jets such as the

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. SAAB's Generic Future Fighter is an ongoing project in collaboration with Linköping University, led by the Swedish Air Force to develop a fifth-generation low-observable fighter jet. # ''Vreta Kluster'' focuses on the green industry. Located in Ljungsbro, 8 kilometers outside Linköping. File:Mjardevi aerial.jpg, Aerial view of Mjärdevi — the first and main site of Linköping Science Park — located next to Campus Valla. File:Collegium back.jpg, Collegium — the main building in Mjärdevi — houses the university business incubator LEAD. File:Mjardevi center day.jpg, Mjärdevi Center, the tallest building in Mjärdevi. File:Ebbepark.jpg, The main buildings of the ''Ebbepark'' site of Linköping Science Park. File:Ima-one.jpg, IMA One building in the new ''Cavok District'' of Linköping Science Park. File:Vretakluster.jpg, Main buildings of ''Vreta Kluster'' of Linköping Science Park.

Norrköping Science Park

Norrköping Science Park in

hosts approximately 130 companies. Main areas for research and development are

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interactivity Across the many fields concerned with interactivity, including information science, computer science, human-computer interaction, communication, and industrial design, there is little agreement over the meaning of the term "interactivity", but ...

and visualisation.

Notable people

Faculty

* Gerhard Andersson, professor of

clinical psychology Clinical psychology is an integration of human science, behavioral science, theory, and clinical knowledge for the purpose of understanding, preventing, and relieving psychologically-based distress or dysfunction and to promote subjective well ...

* Magnus Berggren, professor of

organic electronics Organic electronics is a field of materials science concerning the design, Chemical synthesis, synthesis, characterization, and application of Organic compound, organic molecules or polymers that show desirable Electronics, electronic properties ...

* Athena Farrokhzad, Visting professor in the name of Tage Danielsson (2024–2026) * Fredrik Gustafsson, professor of sensor informatics * Lars Hultman, professor of

materials science Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials sci ...

Former faculty

* Anders Blomqvist, professor emeritus of pain research * Christian Berggren, professor emeritus of

* Boel Berner, professor emerita of Technolog and Social Change **Pioneer of interdisciplinary science **Co-creater of Centre for Gender studies and Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research * Per-Erik Ellström, professor emeritus of

education Education is the transmission of knowledge and skills and the development of character traits. Formal education occurs within a structured institutional framework, such as public schools, following a curriculum. Non-formal education als ...

* Stig Hagström, professor emeritus of

**One of the founders of Linköping University **Leading researcher in materials science * Olle Inganäs, professor emeritus of

* Harold Lawson, former professor of

telecommunications Telecommunication, often used in its plural form or abbreviated as telecom, is the transmission of information over a distance using electronic means, typically through cables, radio waves, or other communication technologies. These means of ...

and

computer systems A computer is a machine that can be Computer programming, programmed to automatically Execution (computing), carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations (''computation''). Modern digital electronic computers can perform generic set ...

**Credited with the invention of the pointer in programming languages **

ACM Fellow ACM Fellowship is an award and fellowship that recognises outstanding members of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The title of ACM Fellow A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals ...

* Lennart Ljung, professor of

control theory Control theory is a field of control engineering and applied mathematics that deals with the control system, control of dynamical systems in engineered processes and machines. The objective is to develop a model or algorithm governing the applic ...

**Pioneering research in

system identification The field of system identification uses statistical methods to build mathematical models of dynamical systems from measured data. System identification also includes the optimal design#System identification and stochastic approximation, optimal de ...

, leading researcher in

**Founding professor of the LiU Division of

Automatic Control Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machine ...

Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (, IVA), founded on 24 October 1919 by King Gustaf V, is one of the royal academies in Sweden. The academy is an independent organisation, which promotes contact and exchange between business, ...

Large Gold Medal * Ola Larsmo, visiting professor in the name of Moa Martinson (2023–2024) * Ingemar Lundström, professor emeritus of

applied physics Applied physics is the application of physics to solve scientific or engineering problems. It is usually considered a bridge or a connection between physics and engineering. "Applied" is distinguished from "pure" by a subtle combination of fac ...

**Leading researcher in biosensors and chemical sensors **Chairman for the

Nobel Committee for Physics The Nobel Committee for Physics is the Nobel Committee responsible for proposing laureates for the Nobel Prize for Physics.

* Nina Lykke, professor emerita of

gender studies Gender studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to analysing gender identity and gendered representation. Gender studies originated in the field of women's studies, concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. The field n ...

**Leading researcher on

feminist theory Feminist theory is the extension of feminism into theoretical, fictional, or Philosophy, philosophical discourse. It aims to understand the nature of gender inequality. It examines women's and men's Gender role, social roles, experiences, intere ...

and

intersectionality Intersectionality is an analytical framework for understanding how groups' and individuals' social and political identities result in unique combinations of discrimination and privilege. Examples of these intersecting and overlapping factor ...

**Pioneer of Gender Studies in Denmark, and Chair of GEnder Studies at LiU * Vladimir Mazya, professor emeritus of

mathematics Mathematics is a field of study that discovers and organizes methods, Mathematical theory, theories and theorems that are developed and Mathematical proof, proved for the needs of empirical sciences and mathematics itself. There are many ar ...

**Known for his work on

Sobolev spaces In mathematics, a Sobolev space is a vector space of functions equipped with a normed space, norm that is a combination of Lp norm, ''Lp''-norms of the function together with its derivatives up to a given order. The derivatives are understood in a ...

* Jan-Ove Palmberg, professor emeritus of

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

* Hans Rådström, former professor of

applied mathematics Applied mathematics is the application of mathematics, mathematical methods by different fields such as physics, engineering, medicine, biology, finance, business, computer science, and Industrial sector, industry. Thus, applied mathematics is a ...

**Mathematician who made many important contributions * Jerker Rönnberg, professor emeritus of

psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Its subject matter includes the behavior of humans and nonhumans, both consciousness, conscious and Unconscious mind, unconscious phenomena, and mental processes such as thoughts, feel ...

* Erik Sandewall, professor emeritus of

computer science Computer science is the study of computation, information, and automation. Computer science spans Theoretical computer science, theoretical disciplines (such as algorithms, theory of computation, and information theory) to Applied science, ...

**Leading researcher in artificial intelligence **

AAAI Fellow Fellowship of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (abbreviated as AAAI Fellow or FAAAI) is an award granted to individuals that the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), judged to have made ...

* Carl-Ulrik Schierup, professor emeritus of

ethnicity An ethnicity or ethnic group is a group of people with shared attributes, which they Collective consciousness, collectively believe to have, and long-term endogamy. Ethnicities share attributes like language, culture, common sets of ancestry, ...

* Åke Öberg, professor emeritus of

biomedical engineering Biomedical engineering (BME) or medical engineering is the application of engineering principles and design concepts to medicine and biology for healthcare applications (e.g., diagnostic or therapeutic purposes). BME also integrates the logica ...

**Leading researcher in circulatory physiology, bio-optics, biomedical instrumentation, sensors and clinical engineering

Alumni

Carl-Henric Svanberg Carl-Henric Svanberg (born 29 May 1952) is a Swedish businessman and chairman of Volvo. He was chairman of BP for eight years, from 2010 to 2018. In December 2023, Svanberg was appointed commission chair to the AI Commission to the Swedish Gove ...

, chairman of Volvo, former

CEO A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a chief executive or managing director, is the top-ranking corporate officer charged with the management of an organization, usually a company or a nonprofit organization. CEOs find roles in variou ...

and chairman of BP * Henry Radamson, Swedish professor of microelectronics and semiconductor, member of

Chinese Academy of Sciences The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS; ) is the national academy for natural sciences and the highest consultancy for science and technology of the People's Republic of China. It is the world's largest research organization, with 106 research i ...

* Anders Flodström,

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

materials physics Materials science is an interdisciplinary field of researching and discovering materials. Materials engineering is an engineering field of finding uses for materials in other fields and industries. The intellectual origins of materials scien ...

at the

Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest technical university. Since 2018, KTH consist ...

, former rector of the

, former university

chancellor Chancellor () is a title of various official positions in the governments of many countries. The original chancellors were the of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the (lattice work screens) of a basilica (court hall), which separa ...

of Sweden and head of the

* Gustav Fridolin, former minister for education in the

Government of Sweden The Government of the Kingdom of Sweden () is the Cabinet (government), national cabinet of Sweden, and the country's Executive (government), executive authority. The Government consists of the Prime Minister of Sweden, Prime Minister and their ...

* Therése Sjömander Magnusson, head of the Nordic Africa Institute * Jan Malm, former

China, 2000–2004 *

Jan-Eric Sundgren Jan-Eric Sundgren (born 1951), is a Swedish engineer who served as senior vice president at Volvo Group from 2006 until 2013. Prior to that, he was a professor of physics at Linköping University, and served as rector at Chalmers University of T ...

, former rector of Chalmers Institute of Technology, now

senior vice president A vice president or vice-president, also director in British English, is an officer in government or business who is below the president (chief executive officer) in rank. It can also refer to executive vice presidents, signifying that the vice ...

Volvo Group The Volvo Group (; legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo, stylized as VOLVO) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of truck ...

Ola Tunander Göran Ola Tunander (born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1948) is a research professor emeritus at the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO, Norway). He worked as a researcher at PRIO in the period 1987-2016. He is the son of Museum Director Ingemar Tuna ...

, former research professor at the

Peace Research Institute Oslo The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO; ) is a private research institution in peace and conflict studies, based in Oslo, Norway, with around 100 employees. It was founded in 1959 by a group of Norwegian researchers led by Johan Galtung, who was ...

* Åke Svensson, director general of Teknikföretagen (employers' organisation for engineering companies), former

president President most commonly refers to: *President (corporate title) * President (education), a leader of a college or university *President (government title) President may also refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television *'' Præsident ...

and

Saab AB Saab AB (originally , , acronym SAAB), with subsidiaries collectively known as the Saab Group (), is a Swedish aerospace and defense company, defence company primarily operating from Sweden. The company is headquartered in Stockholm, but its de ...

* Björn von Sydow, former

Speaker of the Riksdag The speaker of the Riksdag () is the speaker (politics), presiding officer of the national unicameral legislature in Sweden. The Riksdag underwent profound changes in 1867, when the medieval Riksdag of the Estates was abolished. The new form of ...

and Minister for Defence 1997–2002 * Cecilia Widegren, member of the

Riksdag The Riksdag ( , ; also or , ) is the parliament and the parliamentary sovereignty, supreme decision-making body of the Kingdom of Sweden. Since 1971, the Riksdag has been a unicameral parliament with 349 members (), elected proportional rep ...

and vice chairman in The Parliamentary Defense Committee and Group * Zhong Zhihua, rector of

Tongji University Tongji University is a public university located in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. Tongji is one of the ...

, member of the

Chinese Academy of Engineering The Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE, ) is the national academy of the People's Republic of China for engineering. It was established in 1994 and is an institution of the State Council of China. The CAE and the Chinese Academy of Sciences a ...

* Bertil Andersson, former president of

Nanyang Technological University Nanyang Technological University (NTU) is a public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1981, it is also the second oldest autonomous university in the country. The university is organised across numerous colleges and schools, includi ...

* Stefan Thor, Member of

the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences () is one of the royal academies of Sweden. Founded on 2 June 1739, it is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization that takes special responsibility for promoting natural sciences and mathem ...

and Professor of Developmental Biology at the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

, Brisbane, Australia

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